Pennsylvania-based Kennametal says it will close its Lyndonville plant. Five young people who grew up in foster care will be testifying before legislative committees today on the challenges they faced while applying for and attending college while under state custody. Members of the City Council in Burlington are planning to present a resolution for striking bus drivers to agree to binding arbitration or other alternative means to resolve contract differences with the Chittenden County Transportation Authority. The lawyer for a man charged with killing a St. Johnsbury teacher in 2012 has asked a judge to throw out his client's confession to the crime.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
